What Does Exodus 35:24 Mean in the King James?
Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word translated “offering” carries the image of something lifted up and brought into shared work.
THE MEANING
The shared work takes shape from what people already have: silver, bronze, and even acacia wood. Each becomes part of the LORD’s work as it is brought forward. The verse gives material gifts a place in the work alongside one another.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It loosens the belief that only money counts as a meaningful contribution: the verse names useful wood alongside silver and bronze.
THE ROOT
תְּרוּמָה
terumah
GROWS FROM
רוּם
rum
to rise, be high, or lift up
The Hebrew phrase begins with מֵרִים (merim), “one lifting up,” followed by תְּרוּמָה (terumah), a contribution or portion lifted up. English separates the action from the gift; the Hebrew keeps them together, showing the offering as something raised and brought into the work.
ALSO GROWS
merim: lifting up; one who lifts
מֵרִים
This is the participle in the verse behind “did offer,” making the act of offering itself an act of lifting.
marom: height; high place
מָרוֹם
This related form carries the root’s sense of rising, echoing the upward image held inside the word for contribution.
THE PATTERN
Shared sacred work takes shape from what people freely bring from what they have.
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.THE THREAD
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.Both verses use תְּרוּמָה (terumah), “a contribution lifted up,” from רוּם (rum), “to rise or lift up.” Exodus 25:2 adds that the contribution comes willingly from the heart, opening the image of the lifted gift as something freely brought into the shared work.
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